Need New Gadgets

Technology and Gaming
#1

So my tax return this year was big enough that I should be able to afford to buy some new gadgets, but I don’t know what to buy…

I need an MP3 player that can store a few thousand songs recorded in WMA, and play them back in random. I don’t want to pay a bundle. I don’t need extras like online or video or any of that crap. I just need a music player for at the gym, and maybe plug into my car stereo if I ever get the wiring done…

I also need a satellite navigation system. Again, I don’t need a lot of extras, I just need to be able to figure out where I am going from where I am. I have used my parent’s Mio Move and hated it. Not buying another device from them ever. So I need something else. Again, not looking for top of the line, but something that works reliably.

#2

Invest the money in the European car headlight lamps market.

#3

question 1; I dunno, wma, get a ZuneHD?

question 2; TomTom make good satnav, does your camaro not have one anyway?

#4

I will recommend you awesome new gadgets if you ship your old ones to me. :smiley:

#5

It has Onstar. I refuse to pay monthly for a service that I can get for a one time price by buying a separate device.

I don’t have old gadgets. That is why I need new ones.

#6

Get a Tomtom.

#7

If all you want is music, go Zune. ZuneHD probably isn’t necessary though, try one of the older Zunes.

#8

in that case you just need gadgets

#9

But I don’t want old or used gadgets.

#10

I used to sell a variety of GPS units at work and have used many others. I bought a Garmin Nuvi260 (several years old now) and am extremely happy with it. My next GPS will be Garmin as well, no question.

#11

Garmins are garbage compared to tomtoms. All Garmin does is recalculate, and the displays are fucking hideous.

#12

[COLOR=‘Magenta’]HERE IS A NICE GADGET :

#13

“old zune” as in… not an HD. A new normal one is what he means.

#14
#15

haha, I fucking love NigaHiga :smiley:

#16

I used to sell TomToms as well and my mother has one.

I still picked the Garmin. Better reliability and IMO better interface. We had more TomToms come back than we did Garmins (and the Garmins sold better) over the 4yrs that I was doing the RA’s for the store + the following 12mths that we were selling GPS. Garmin is also much better to deal with if something goes wrong.

#17

I use a Garmin, they’re excellent. Don’t know anyone that has a TomTom.

What wiring do you need to sort out for your car? I’ve had 2 aftermarket stereos with mp3 input, never been more complicated than fitting any other stereo

#18

The stereo in my car is USB ready, and the more expensive model hs a USB adapter in the center arm-holder-dealy. So I’d imagine it just needs a wire run from stereo to anywhere I wanted it, and a fitting for the USB port to not look like shit.

#19

buy an iPhone and get the TomTom app. i don’t think there are simple mp3 players with navigation.

also, just use FormatFactory to convert WMA to mp3, so you can add them via iTunes.

#20

No.

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